Lake Michigan fisheries team report
Sheboygan County -
In Sheboygan trollers have been catching chinook, rainbow, and lake trout. Fish have been caught from 60 to 130 feet of water. Spoons or flashers and flies fished 20 to 80 feet down have been productive. Shore anglers in Sheboygan have been catching rainbows and perch off the south pier. Alewives and spoons have both taken rainbows, and the perch have been caught on jigs.
Ozaukee County -
Trollers in Port Washington have found a mixed bag of fish between 70 and 160 feet of water. Decent numbers of chinook, coho, rainbow, and a few lake trout have been hitting spoons or flashers and flies, and fish have been scattered throughout the water column. Shore anglers in Port Washington have been catching perch both off the pier and near the power plant. Jigs and minnows have taken the most perch.
Milwaukee County -
In Milwaukee trollers have been catching coho and chinook, along with a few rainbows and lake trout. Orange dodgers coupled with blue or green flies have taken the majority of fish. The most consistent depths have been 90 to 120 feet of water. Overall, Milwaukee shore fishing remains slow but some coho and rainbows have been taken off McKinley pier. Live alewives fished on the bottom have produced the most. Shore anglers have been catching decent numbers of 10 to 13 inch perch off Cupertino pier and in South Shore Park. Fathead minnows and crab tails fished very early in the morning has been the most productive. Boaters launching at Bender Park and fishing for perch have been catching limits at the boils off South Milwaukee, but perch have been harder to come by near the Oak Creek Power Plant.
Racine County -
In Racine trollers have been catching decent numbers of coho and chinook. Fish have been in as close as the mouth of the Root River, off Wind Point, and even deeper locations also. Dodgers and flies and spoons in a variety of colors have been productive. Shore anglers in Racine have been catching rainbows and browns off both the north and south piers. Spoons have taken the most fish. Colder nearshore temperatures have slowed perch fishing in Racine. The majority of perch have been caught in the first couple hours of daylight, and more have been caught from boats than from shore. DeKoven Park has had the most consistent perch bite, and live minnows and shiners as well as jigs have taken fish.
Kenosha County -
In Kenosha trollers have been finding fish in a variety of depth ranges, from as little as 50 feet of water out to 120 feet. Good numbers of chinook have been taken on spoons, J-plugs, and dodger and fly combinations. Fishing from shore in Kenosha has been improving, with brown trout biting off the ends of both piers. Some fish have been caught in the mornings, but even more have been caught in the evenings. Silver or glow spoons and white tube jigs have both produced. Perch fishing from shore in Kenosha has been slow, but boats have had decent action at the bubbler and at the breakwall.
